Várak és erődített helyek a Kárpát-medencében

Pusty Hrad

The fortification is classified as signalling object (in Slovak "vartovka"),an integral part of the ingenious system being built up since 1564 in order to defend mining towns against the Osmanlis.

Nowadays it is represented by ruins of polyhedral tower with square ground plan. Lenght of the sides varies from 690 to 810 cm.The masonry, made of quarry andesite and quality Romanesque-type mortar, is 204 cm thick and its height culminates in the southeast corner where it is 320 cm high (interior view).

The watchtower used to have a darkened, a bit low-lying ground floor. The entrance lies on the level of a former first floor,upper ones are not preserved. There are no other artificial fortifying features around the building itself. View from the watchtower provided control over the Hron valley as well as clear visual contact with Hronský Beňadik Abbey situated southwestwardly.

/Rastislav Tóth/